Cattle-stanchion.



F. R. ASHTON.

CATTLE STANCHION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7,1916.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

WITNESSES: I/VVE/VTOR WETEE) T E FATENE f FRANK R. sermon, or RoonEsrEa-nnw YORK, essIe-NoR Tori-IE RIoKnn MFG. 00.; OF

ROCHESTER. NEW YonK, a conronn'rloiv OF NEW YORK.

CATTLE-STANCHION. y

Specification of letters Patent. Patent ed Dec, 1917,

llpplicationfilled lune 7, 1916. Seria1 N0.:102,297.

T all whom it may cioncern r 1 Be it known that I, FRANK R. ASI-ITQ N,

. of Rochester, in the, county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements in Cattle- Stanohions; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of th s spec-1ficat1on,.and to the reference characters marked thereon.

, ,My invention has for its purpose. the improvcmentof cattle stanchions of the genoral type that embodies a pair of relatively.

. itsclosed position and alsofor looking it in" such closed'position, and with this end, in

movable members which, when secured together. 1n locked relation, act to reta n the cattle by engaging opposite sides of its neck. 111 a more specific aspect, theinventmn is intended to afford a readily constructed and eflicient locking instrumentahty, and to provide a simple mechanism by which it s possible to hold'the relatively movable members 1 rigidly and tightly iii their locked relation,

and furthermore, .to permit of separating the parts by, an easy manipulation of the locking mechanism. To these and other ends ,the invention consists. in, certain, im-

provements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointedput in'the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my invention in its; applicationpto a cattle stanchion, and with the parts in locked position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, partially broken away, and showing the relatively movable members in separated or unlocked relation, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts as they appear in Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters throughout or right angle portion 4 at its lower end which is pivotally connected with the first frame member at 5. The stanchion is sup ported in the usual manner in a retaining frame, not shown, by means of chains 6 and 7 connected to the frame members in the manner shown in F 1g. 1 and acting to retain the first mentioned frame member in are'latively stationary position and to permit the? The frame members may be constructed in any desirable way and are preferably formed of T-iron with wooden protective I strips 8 ontheir inner faces. 1

It is necessary to provide means for guiding the movable frame member properly to view I employ aretaining bar formed bya ,pair of angle irons 9 attached rigidly to the 3 upper or 'horizontalportion of the. relatively fined frame member. The retaining bar extends. laterally beyond the .frame members of. the stanchionand-is provided with a locking recess 10 at itsoutermostend,

while 11 designatesguides formedat the ;inner end of' the retaining bar, being in-" ,cl ned 1n oppos tedirectlons and formmg a means for directing the movable frame member properly to itsl ocked position when closing the stanchion. )In order vto retain the relatively movable ,frame members in locked or closed relation'I employ a locking arm. carried by the movable frame member and extending laterally beyond the frame members when closed for engagement. with the locking recess 10 aforementioned. The

locking arm referred to is preferably in the form of a rod 12 which is bent upon itself forming a locking portion 13- which engages the recess 10, and having its opposite ends 14 and 15 attached to'the vertical portion 3 of the movable frame member at points in spaced relation'one above the other. This arrangement of the ends ofthe rod 12 causes the locking portion 13 to exert a pressure downwardly whereby it is moved into en= gagement with the locking recess 10 and is there held with such firmness as to effeotually obviate accidental displacement. The

arrangement of the guides 11, combined with the length and leverage of the retaining bar and the locking arm, serves to exert a very positive locking action on the movable frame member and to hold it rigidly in proper relation. To release the parts it is. only necessary to elevate slightly the outer end of the locking arm, that is to say, the locking portion 13, sufiiciently to move it out of engagement with the locking recess, after which the Weight of the movable frame member can carry it to open position as shown in Fig. 2. Outward movement of the frame member is limited by the eye 16, which serves to carry the chain 6 already referred to, and also to engage the locking portion 13 of the locking arm in the manner shown in Fig. 2. To look the frame members together when the animal is properly positioned within the stanchion, the movable frame member is pushed inwardly from the position shown in Fig. 2 until the lock-. ing arm snaps into the locking recess 10.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cattle stanchion comprising a pair of pivotally connected frame members, one of which has a retaining bar extending laterally beyond the frame members, and a lock ing arm carried by the other frame member for cooperation with the retaining bar and comprising a rod bent upon itself and having its ends secured to the frame member at points one above the other causing the locking arm to press against the retaining bar.

2. A cattle stanchion comprising a pair of pivotally connected frame members, one of which has a retaining bar extending laterally beyond the frame members and having a locking recess at its outer end, and a locking arm carried by the other frame member having its outer end arranged for cooperation with the locking recess and comprising a rod bent upon itself having its ends secured to the frame member at points one above the other whereby the locking arm is held yieldingly against the retaining bar.

3. A cattle stanchion comprising a relatively stationary frame member and a movable frame member pivotally connected thereto and having a vertically extending portion movable away from the first named frame member, a retaining bar rigidly attached to the upper end of the first named frame member extending laterally beyond the same, and having a recess at its outer end, and a locking arm carried by said vertical portion of the movable frame member and extending laterally over the retaining bar with its outer end cooperating with said recess, the locking arm comprising a rod bent upon itself, having itsends secured at different points one above the other on the frame member so as to exert a-downward pressure on the retaining bar. I

4. A cattle stanchion comprising a relatively stationary frame member and a movable frame member pivotally connected thereto, a retaining bar upon the first mentioned member having its inner end forked to receive the movable frame member and provided with a locking recess at its outer end, and a locking arm having its outer end arranged for cooperation with the locking recess and comprising a rod bent upon itself having its ends secured to the movable frame member at points one above the other whereby the locking arm is held yieldingly'against the retaining bar.

5. A cattle stanchion comprising a pair of pivotally connected frame members oneyof which has a retaining bar and the other of which carries a locking arm for cooperation with the retaining bar and comprising a rod bent upon itself and having its ends secured to the frame member at points one above the other causing the locking arm to yieldingly engage the retaining bar.

FRANK R. ASHTON.

Vitnesses:

H. E. STONEBRAKER, RUssnLL, B. GRIFFITH.

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Washington, D. C. 

